
First off…. I’m sending a double HOOT out to my sweet follower friend Emma….who I Love!!! Hope you had fun at HL!! When I see something I love I just can’t help but share it…. I just think these little swatch Portraits from Purl Bee are the cutest things!! Purl Bee is so kind to let me [...]

We bought plain white Roman shades for our kitchen windows about 5 years ago from Lowe’s or Home Depot, I can’t remember which store. We have 3 places that we use the shades…one over the kitchen sink and 2 on our french door. The ones on our door started to look a little tattered from our Labby Lou [...]

Someone asked on a blog I was reading “What is your favorite thing from IKEA” …. do you want to know one of my favorites ……….. well its… ….These glasses I think they have a casual elegance and we use them everyday….. they can even be used for a vase in a pinch They’re 9.99 for a six [...]

I have a scripture on my wall, it’s been there for a few years and I walk by it everyday. Like many things in life I’ve become use to it, I see it all the time and don’t pay attention to it anymore…I don’t even read it.. Well today I stopped to read it again. It [...]

So you’ve probably heard that Hobby Lobby has an isle full of items marked at 90% off. Well, yesterday I went there and bought a cart full of things.. I couldn’t help myself…everything I bought was betweem $1.99 and 3.99…. So what do you do when it’s 90 degrees out and you don’t have a [...]

Check out Norma’s new fall suiting line at Walmart…very nice…. everything is under $20. I bought one pair of black pants in her line and I was very impressed with the quality!! I’m eyeing that ruffled blouse in her photo….I looked for it on their website and don’t see it listed, maybe it’s to new….

I want to share pictures of my mom’s little cottage home…it’s a 2 bedroom little fixer upper…. here are some shots of the process before and during….I guess the after shots will be when it is totally complete:) Before: All the scrubs were removed and the porch was totally opened up…..screens and framing were removed. Columns [...]

The stairs are pretty much done…just a little trim and a few touch up spots…they came out really great!!! Remember the before’s that had tons of paint layers…. after…. Before from the landing: paw prints and all!!!

My interest in quilts started many years ago in my Grandma and Grandpa’s farmhouse attic. As a young girl I loved going upstairs into the amazing attic space that was filled with all kinds of old and interesting treasures. To get upstairs into the attic you had to walk up a narrow staircase that was hidden behind [...]

Did you see Serena & Lily’s new catalog…… check out this how to link http://www.serenaandlily.com/site/popups/get_creative/popup_get_creative_rope.html Check out their catalog on page 38 for the visual….. I’m loving how they wrapped the metal frame on that bed…. so cute!! http://www.serenaandlily.com/Browse-Catalog-June-2010